[MD] Merry Christmas to you all

[ian glendinning]

Dan,
Blogs in a hurry ?
I'm sure I don't know what you mean ;-)

Belated seasons greetings, and a wish for progress for all in the new year.
Ian

On 12/24/06, Dan Glover <daneglover at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> t'was the nite before christmas and all through the forum,
> not a person was writing, only squonk and he bored 'em.
>
> the blogs were all written in a hurry, without care,
> in hopes that the readers would not bother there.
>
> the posters were offline, all snuggled in homes
> while visions of Quality danced in their domes.
>
> and arlo in pajamas and platt in his cap
> had just settled down from their long running rap
>
> when out on the net there arose such a ruckus
> that i quickly logged on to see what the truck is.
>
> away to my laptop I flew in a hurry
> my eyes were fuzzy and my mind all blurry
>
> the spam in my mailbox scarce caught my attention
> when i noticed an email i thought i should mention
>
> it was written by santa - it came from bahrain
> he wrote he couldn't make it as he'd been detained
>
> it seems he's being held quite against his wishes
> they told him behave or he'd swim with the fishes
>
> i hit the reply and wrote him right back
> he needed my bank account to mount an attack
>
> i said sorry santa i think you're a loser
> i think you're a thief and a horny old boozer
>
> as i hit the send button my heart all aflutter
> my cat in my lap started up with a mutter
>
> you're a scrooge he meowed in the way that cats do
> poor santa's in trouble and just look at you
>
> but, i said to my cat in a hurry
> its not really santa so please do not worry
>
> you'll get your presents, they're under the tree
> theres some there for you and theres some there for me
>
> he jumped off my lap and on the floor he did alight
> as he meowed merry christmas and to all a good night.
>
>
> >From: pholden at davtv.com
> >Reply-To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> >To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> >Subject: Re: [MD] Merry Christmas to you all
> >Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:16:42 -0500
> >
> >All:
> >
> >The following excerpt from the 109 year old editorial in the New York Sun,
> >"Yes,
> >Virginia, there is a Santa Claus," seems appropriate for MOQers:
> >
> >"The most real things in the world are those neither children nor men can
> >see . . .
> >Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and
> >unseeable in
> >the world. You may tear apart a baby's rattle and see what makes the noise
> >inside,
> >but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man,
> >nor even
> >the united strength of all the strongest men in the world, could tear
> >apart. Only
> >faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance can push aside that curtain and view
> >and picture
> >the supernatural beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in
> >all this
> >world there is nothing else real and abiding."
> >
> >Merry Christmas to all.
> >
> >Platt
> >
> >
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